Ruling frees killers in Nebraska second degree murder cases
Nebraska's Supreme Court rulings loosened second degree murder standards, freeing inmates including Joseph Moniz. The 1979 code change and 1994 malice requirement sparked appeals for about 130 convictions, with 53 appealing and 41 resentenced. Debate centers on malice, intent, and retrials while cases lag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Gerald Jump
Jump
Joseph Moniz
Nebraska
Roland Luedtke
State Supreme Court
Luedtke
John Lindsay
Judiciary Committee
Lindsay
Don Stenberg
U.S. Supreme Court
Joseph B. Eggers
Eggers
Rebecca Sue Rodriguez
Lincoln
Kent Turnbull
Turnbull
Petronas Towers Hold World’s Tallest Title Amid Antenna Debate
The Petronas spires are deemed integral to the structures by the Council on Tall Buildings, edging out the Sears Tower whose antenna-extended tubes exceed the height of the Malaysian towers. Yet Shanghai’s planned Financial Center aims to rise 1,509 feet, surpassing both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uala Lumpur
Malaysia
Petronas
National Oil Company
Sears
Chicago
Individual acts may fuel fires
Federal investigators confront a rising pattern of racially motivated church arsons. The task force warns that lone actors or tiny groups across regions may drive the surge, complicating prosecutions. With 216 attacks logged since 1990, a national pattern search is under way as funding boosts arson probes and prevention steps begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Deval L. Patrick
Cochair
The
Fires Task Force
Patrick
Justice Department
Treasury
FBI
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
South Carolina
ATF
Arabs seek unity as Mubarak opens six year summit
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak opened the Arab League summit urging unity and adherence to the land for peace framework. He warned Israel not to abandon negotiations as tensions rise after Benjamin Netanyahu's election. The gathering also highlighted rifts among leaders and a rare public break with Libya's Gadhafi arriving in defiance of UN sanctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Hosni Mubarak
Arab League
Mubarak
Middle East
Benjamin Netanyahu
Mideast Nations
Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali
United States
Russia
Mideast
Syria
Hafez Assad
Assad
Hussein
Jordan
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Muammar Gadhafi
Gadhafi
Libya
U.N. Security Council
Untouched royal Mayan tomb found in Belize
In Belize near the Guatemala border, Norman Hammond and a Boston University team unearthed a sealed tomb beneath La Milpa containing the skeleton of a Mayan king. The unlooted chamber held a jade necklace with a vulture head pendant, dating his rule to about 450 AD, amid La Milpa’s late flourish. The site is sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Belize
Norman Hammond
Boston University
la Milpa
Rio Azul
Guatemala
National Geographic Society
Hammond
British Museum
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kuala Lumpur
East River Primary
P.C
Charles J. Mirabile
Linsey Optical
Bluefield
Princeton
Raders Fabrics & Decoratinn
Nto
West Virginia
a&Juby P
Virginip
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!